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A review by thewritebooks
Monsters: The Passion and Loss That Created Frankenstein by Sharon Dogar
2.0
I want to start of this review by saying that the actual content of this book was very interesting and I learnt a lot about the Shelleys and their families. However for me the writing style made it a drag to read.
I never knew Mary and Percy Shelley's relationship was such a scandal. They ran away together when Mary was 16, taking Mary's step-sister with them, despite Percy already being married and having 2 children. The over arching story of this book and their later life is altogether immensely depressing- it didn't really turn out well for any of them.
I suppose you would call this book a fictional re-telling of their lives which must be quite a task to produce- especially since we'll never know exactly what they were thinking or why they did all the things they did. Was it really love? The author suggests that Percy was polyamorous rather than a man who cheats frequently which I thought was an interesting perspective seeing as without this idea, he really doesn't come across in a very flattering light at all.
Think I'm going to have to read Frankenstein now and see if I can see similarities between the characters in that and the characters described here. Especially since Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein in my city!
I never knew Mary and Percy Shelley's relationship was such a scandal. They ran away together when Mary was 16, taking Mary's step-sister with them, despite Percy already being married and having 2 children. The over arching story of this book and their later life is altogether immensely depressing- it didn't really turn out well for any of them.
I suppose you would call this book a fictional re-telling of their lives which must be quite a task to produce- especially since we'll never know exactly what they were thinking or why they did all the things they did. Was it really love? The author suggests that Percy was polyamorous rather than a man who cheats frequently which I thought was an interesting perspective seeing as without this idea, he really doesn't come across in a very flattering light at all.
Think I'm going to have to read Frankenstein now and see if I can see similarities between the characters in that and the characters described here. Especially since Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein in my city!